The ongoing saga of my life as an only child, a wife and a working mother

07/25/2009

Dinner with Mr-J

We rarely have dinner the four of us together. Tonight it was Mr-J and I left at the table to finish our dinners. Mine was "Quick Lamb Curry" (made with turkey) and his was peanut butter on toast, red peppers and carrots. I had a glass of sauvignon blanc, he a glass of diluted apple fruit punch fortified with vitamin C. In the background Valentino happened to be playing "Thievery Corporation" - great lounge music. It made me realize that Valentino and I rarely get out for any kind of romantic date and also made it feel like a "date" with Mr-J. (Particularly since Valentino also never gets wine with dinner. He didn't/doesn't like wine. When we started dating he would get a rum & coke, which was almost a deal-breaker because I thought it was soooo unsophisticated, as I gulped my chianti. Apple juice would've been a deal-breaker with Valentino but I cut some slack for the J-boy).

Anyway, so there Mr-J and I were on our "date". I was sitting straight up in my chair, sipping the wine, eating politely. He had one knee up, shoulders slouched down. Looking past me and eating with his hands.

"Did you know that Scooby Doo has a lot of evil characters in it?" he asks.

"Yes." I reply.

"Mm." he responds casually, continuing to look past me.

Mm? What? Was this some sort of test? Should I have said more? Given specific examples? Do you agree? Are you impressed? Do you think I'm lying and that I really didn't know this?

I try to restart the conversation: "Why do you nibble on your red pepper that way?"

"Because that's what I do."

Oh. Of course. Duh.

"I have to go now." he says.

WHAT? Oh, I don't think so.

"But we just got here!" I say trying not to sound too desperate.

"I'm tired."

"But you didn't even finish your dinner!!"

"I want to go colour now"

Oh, that's a new one. What, was I born yesterday?? Unfortunately, that was the end of it.

Until bedtime.

"Don't call me Mr-J. It's for little kids."

"Ohhh - but it's also a term of endearment, a nickname for people who love you to use."